Jefferson Davis was named the President of the Confederate States of America when the first southern states seceded from the Union in 1861. He was appointed to the position on February 9, 1861, and served throughout the Civil War. Davis was previously a U.S. Senator from Mississippi and had also held the position of Secretary of War. His leadership was marked by significant challenges as the Confederacy struggled against the Union forces.
who had been recently elected as president of the United States when the southern states seceded
James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
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The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
who had been recently elected as president of the United States when the southern states seceded
The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the president-elect when the Southern states began to secede. Some of them seceded after he was inaugurated as President.
It was called the Confederacy. And The confederacy's President was Jefferson Davis.
President Lincoln's "Emancipation proclamation".
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 and states began to secede.
Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. When some southern states decided to secede, they elected their own "president" Jefferson Davis. Lincoln remained President of the United States - all the United States - he just wasn't recognized as such by the southern states that seceded. He was not "President of the North".
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